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Originally Posted by Just Alex
Boy, you must be 18 years old or something. We poured millions of dollars into Afghan resistance to Soviets with Stingers and modern weaponry. You are so full of shit. Now they are fighting with those ak-47 and whats left over and we still can't get rid of they. And no-one will. British tried it, Soviets tried and we will leave the same way they did. Those people are born to fight. If there isn't a foreigner, they will fight each other.
You are an idiot.  |
We only started actively aiding the Afghans VERY late in the war. Initially, it was a bunch of villagers mostly with bolt action rifles and horses, STILL keeping the Soviets at bay.
Soviets were fighting in Afghanistan for 9 years. Not a weekend.